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id: 656ab61f20aa9d494cee5466
title: Task 69
challengeType: 19
dashedName: task-69
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# --description--

In English, people often use abbreviations to make speech or writing more concise. `They are` can be abbreviated to form a contraction.

# --question--

## --text--

Which of the following is the correct abbreviation for `they are`?

## --answers--

`they're`

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`their`

### --feedback--

This is a possessive adjective and is not an abbreviation for `they are`.

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`theres`

### --feedback--

This is not a standard contraction in English.

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`they`

### --feedback--

Without the apostrophe and `re`, this is just the pronoun without the verb.

## --video-solution--

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